Do you enjoy music? Attend concerts and festivals? Perhaps have a favorite artist/band or maybe just have a subscription to Spotify or other music service? If so, take close notice now of the possible future of music and the new startup Royal . Justin Blau (3lau, a pioneering EDM DJ) and Justin Ross (Opendoor co-founder) are its co-founders and they just announced the exciting business on 8/27/21. Royal looks prime to disrupt the music industry and to reshape the legacy business model and economics. With its highly anticipated launch this year, the days of record labels may be numbered and if they cannot adapt to a blockchain powered, more decentralized future world. Company Background Royal is a platform that democratizes music and more effectively connect fans with their favorite artists and songs. Fans and audiences like you and I will not only be able to invest in, but also own rights to their favorite songs and albums through limited edition, autographed digital
tensixzero in the time of COVID-19 (aka Wuhan/Chinese coronavirus, kung flu) As I kick off this personal blog focused on business, finance, and investing with the objective of reaching $10 million (ten six zero) in net worth sooner than later, the world is on Day 80 of an extraordinary event and scary pandemic. What was a novel virus that started in Wuhan China in December 2019 has spread and now become a global crisis, sickening likely hundreds of thousands resulting and leading to an estimated 2-3% mortality. Countries like China, Italy, and Iran are shutting down to slow the spread. In the San Francisco Bay Area, all residents (including myself) are under a Shelter in Place order to primarily stay home for 3 weeks, avoid catching this, and further fuel the spread. Essential Businesses are continuing operations to serve their communities but all non core activities and businesses across the U.S. have effectively come to a grinding halt. Federal, state, and local governments a